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AM-55 / Sep 2015
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Connecting With the GUI
The AM‑55 and the PC running the AM‑55 GUI program can be straightforwardly
connected together over a standard Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN).
The AM‑55 should be installed, powered‑up, and verified to be operating normally.
A CAT5 Ethernet cable connected to the rear panel’s 100baseT LAN port should be
connected to the Ethernet port on the host PC. The AM‑55 is Auto‑MDIX so either a
straight‑through or crossover cable may be used.
Configuring the GUI
Assuming a valid IP address has been assigned to the AM‑55 and the GUI is now
installed, start the program to bring the GUI on the screen. Next, on the right side of
the GUI locate the Devices
button and click on it. This will open the
Edit Device dialog
which is used to tell the GUI what IP addresses and names the AM‑55 may have.
The Name
field can be left blank or used to give the AM‑55 a unique name in the
Devices display box at the top of the GUI – this is the device that the GUI is either
currently connected to, or configured to connect to if it is not yet connected. In the
IP Address
field enter the “HARDWARE” address that was previously assigned to the
AM‑55 and then click
OK.
Highlight the new AM‑55 device in the
Devices
list and click on the
Select button.
Now you can place the GUI online by clicking on the button to the left of the
Status
message.
The indicator inside the button will be green when the AM‑55 GUI is communicating
with the AM‑55. Once the GUI has been made aware of the AM‑55’s existence in this
manner, it will always appear in the list of the AM‑55 Devices and it will be instantly
accessible from anywhere at any time.
When connected to the AM‑55 the status bar will indicate Online
and the “Device”
text will show the name of the AM‑55 that it is currently communicating with (in this
example, the AM‑55 has been named Lab_AM55). The status bar will also display the
name of the preset that the AM‑55 you’re connected to is currently running.
When the Preset
name is showing as green text it means that a factory or user preset
is running and that no changes have been made to it. If the
Preset
name is showing in red
text, it means that the preset has had some changes made to it or is a work in progress
that has not yet been saved to the processor.
Connecting Directly Without a LAN
You can also work without a LAN by connecting the AM‑55 and the PC Ethernet
ports together with a standard Ethernet cable – either a straight‑through or crossover
cable may be used. As mentioned previously the AM‑55 has auto‑sensing, Auto‑MDIX
Ethernet ports.
NOTE:
The controlling PC and the AM‑55’s network settings must be configured
to place them both on the same subnet!
